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Sep 26, 2010
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Alexander Baron
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This is a scan of a Chainword (or Chain Word) Puzzle that I gave to someone to solve. And he did. I can't remember if it was Tom Caldwell, someone else at CCU, or someone from somewhere else. I'm fairly certain it wasn't a woman, and I would assume this was about the time I was writing for the Voice , ie 1987-8.
Topics: chain word, chain words, chainword, chainwords, original puzzle, puzzles
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Nov 14, 2010
11/10
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Alexander Baron
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This is a mixword. I'm not sure if it is the first one that I ever composed, but it is certainly one of the first. This puzzle was solved by someone and witnessed by someone else. It's been so long since this happened that I don't have a clue who these two people were; they may have been, and I stress may have been, connected with the now long defunct Catford Centre For The Unemployed. I believe it was P.A. Jones who solved it. My first ever published mixword appeared exactly one week later, in...
Topics: lineword, linewords, mixword, mixwords, original puzzle, puzzles
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Nov 26, 2010
11/10
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Alexander Baron
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This is a scan of the first ever published Mixword puzzle as submitted to BIA. It was published originally in the Voice , February 2, 1988, page 41.
Topics: lineword, linewords, mixword, mixwords, original puzzle, puzzles
